| TW | LW | Total | %± LW | Share | Releases | #1 Release
| Gross | % of Total | Week | Distributor
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| 1 | 1 | $9,855,164 | -21.9% | 20.6% | 3 | Back to the Future | $7,252,140 | 73.6% | 7 | Universal Pictures | - |
| 2 | 2 | $8,509,506 | -29.4% | 17.8% | 5 | Pee-wee's Big Adventure | $4,404,500 | 51.8% | 2 | Warner Bros. | - |
| 3 | 5 | $8,430,045 | +107.5% | 17.6% | 3 | Volunteers | $5,184,360 | 61.5% | 1 | TriStar Pictures | - |
| 4 | 3 | $5,454,647 | -10.1% | 11.4% | 3 | Fright Night | $2,438,836 | 44.7% | 3 | Columbia Pictures | - |
| 7 | 4 | $3,708,812 | -35.5% | 7.7% | 1 | Summer Rental | $3,708,812 | 100% | 2 | Paramount Pictures | - |
| 8 | 7 | $1,771,970 | -15.4% | 3.7% | 1 | Cocoon | $1,771,970 | 100% | 9 | Twentieth Century Fox | - |
| 9 | 6 | $1,686,794 | -47.1% | 3.5% | 2 | The Black Cauldron | $1,077,688 | 63.9% | 4 | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures | - |
